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Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Originally Posted by Blackdog

(1) I did not insult your intelligence? I pointed out you are misreading what people said, you were at that point the only one who seemed to have a problem. Yes I think you are a right wing hack, so what?

(2) And you have the right wing media doing much the same, so what? what the media does not make anyone a racist.

(3) I don't have to prove it. You have given us examples and Red has already pointed a few of em out, lol. Anyway you are right, this thread is not about you.

(1) I'm NOT a right-wing hack. There's already thread I made about leaving the republican party, so enough with that nonsense. Well, you were talking in such a way to make me unsure exactly what you were meaning, and how it related.

(2) It seems to me that more liberals play the race card thatn conservatives. You don't here stories from the right about the NAACP hearing racism in a birthday card, or racism in the thought of "White House," or how the right are racists for not supporting illegal immigration, etc.

Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Originally Posted by StillBallin75

Let's go over this again.

As I pointed out, the fact that you did not vote for Herman Cain tells us precisely....NADA. Herman Cain dropped out of the race before the primaries even began. And frankly, his race-card playing was peanuts compared to his idiotic platforms, including "999" and "targeted identification."

I was disinterested in voting for him, or potentially voting for him, because of his racial antics.

Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Originally Posted by Neal N. Bloeme

I think it was from the same playbook used when Clarance Thomas was nominated. Like Cain said, it can't be proven, but it was in the bag and pulled out when needed. It worked. I think the sex scandal was what did him in, not the fact that he is black and the woman is white.

Sure. And none of this contradicts the fact that both Cain and Thomas have historically used the race card. Frankly, I believe that even without the sexual allegations his campaign would have faltered sooner or later. The way he was going about his debates, people would have been turned off completely eventually.

Nobody who wins a war indulges in a bifurcated definition of victory. War is a political act; victory and defeat have meaning only in political terms. A country incapable of achieving its political objectives at an acceptable cost is losing the war, regardless of battlefield events.

Bifurcating victory (e.g. winning militarily, losing politically) is a useful salve for defeated armies. The "stab in the back" narrative helped take the sting out of failure for German generals after WWI and their American counterparts after Vietnam.

All the same, it's nonsense. To paraphrase Vince Lombardi, show me a political loser, and I'll show you a loser.

Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Originally Posted by Wake

(1) I'm NOT a right-wing hack. There's already thread I made about leaving the republican party, so enough with that nonsense. Well, you were talking in such a way to make me unsure exactly what you were meaning, and how it related.

(2) It seems to me that more liberals play the race card thatn conservatives. You don't here stories from the right about the NAACP hearing racism in a birthday card, or racism in the thought of "White House," or how the right are racists for not supporting illegal immigration, etc.

(3) I am not a partisan hack.

I'm not accusing you of being a hack here and I disagree with Blackdog that you're a hack, but leaving the Republican Party does not make you a non-hack, and being a Republican does not automatically make you a hack either.

Nobody who wins a war indulges in a bifurcated definition of victory. War is a political act; victory and defeat have meaning only in political terms. A country incapable of achieving its political objectives at an acceptable cost is losing the war, regardless of battlefield events.

Bifurcating victory (e.g. winning militarily, losing politically) is a useful salve for defeated armies. The "stab in the back" narrative helped take the sting out of failure for German generals after WWI and their American counterparts after Vietnam.

All the same, it's nonsense. To paraphrase Vince Lombardi, show me a political loser, and I'll show you a loser.

Re: Is the Rev. Al Sharpton a racist?

Originally Posted by StillBallin75

I'm not accusing you of being a hack here and I disagree with Blackdog that you're a hack, but leaving the Republican Party does not make you a non-hack, and being a Republican does not automatically make you a hack either.

When people accuse me of being a hack, I'm going to respond to it. I've been objective on my views from gay marriage to abortion. If someone is accused of something, give that person a chance to respond.

I'm not a hack, neither right nor left. There. Done. If people want to take this further they know where to post it.